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James Henry Greathead (6 August 1844 – 21 October 1896) was a civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway.

Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי; Arabic:يهوذا هاليفي; c. 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain either in Toledo […]

Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985 and was elevated […]

Jerome Jerry Siegel (October 17 1914 – January 28 1996) who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter Jerry Ess and Herbert S. Fine was the American co-creator of Superman (along […]

Edmund Gerald “Pat” Brown Sr. (April 21 1905 – February 16 1996) was the 32nd Governor of California from 1959 to 1967 and the father of the 34th and 39th […]

Olivier Gendebien (12 January 1924 Brussels Belgium – 2 October 1998 Les Baux de Provence Bouches-du-Rhône France) was called one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time.

Dick Tiger CBE (born Richard Ihetu August 14 1929 – December 14 1971) was a boxer from Ubahu village Amaigbo Nigeria who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United […]

John James (c. 1673 – 15 May 1746) was a British architect particularly associated with Twickenham in west London where he rebuilt St Mary’s Church and also built a house […]

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ɡe̯orˈɡi.u deʒ] Gheorghe Gheorghiu; November 8 1901 in Bârlad Romania – March 19 1965 in Bucharest Romania) was the communist leader of Romania from 1947 […]

Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Ла́зарев; February 23 1928 – December 31 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive […]